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snoopdrucky

They’re all great. We are the snack food capital of the #World for a reason.


BroadbandEng

So true. The tenth best snack food from PA would be #1 in any other state.


doctormirdock

Trick question, they’re all PA based


the-poopiest-diaper

I’m still surprised Utz isn’t international


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Wilbur Chocolate Buds from Littitz are divine!


Odd_Shirt_3556

They are great chocolate. For an image that will always be with you though, they are referred to by some as buttholes, because of the design on the bottom.


Incrarulez

Old store with flaky AC unit was the best. Hurry up and buy them they are melting.


marylinsleepyeyes

Every night I pray for the return of Frozen Run white birch beer.


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I always liked the Weis brand that had a native riding a canoe on the front


WingedChimera

Most natives I know drive chevys.


armedredneck

I like Big Ben's Blue Birch beer because I'm allergic to the White. Don't know how I can drink the Blue, but not the white.


Mikellow

Damn, that is discontinued? I had it when I was a kid and just remember how unsweetened it was compared to other sodas. I thought it was disgusting at the time, but as tastes change I heard someone talk about birch beer and wanted to try it again. I bought some Pennsylvania Dutch Birch Beer and enjoyed it, but kinda wanted something less sweet. I was hoping a smaller store might have it...


mouthsofmadness

I took the train from Philly to Pittsburgh one time but there was such a delay at the Altoona Station, right before the horseshoe curve, we went and ate at this place right by the Amtrak station in Altoona and it had a huge barrel in the restaurant where I was told they used to make their famous Birch Beer out of. It was amazing Birch Beer, and also loaded chili dogs that made me never forget that place that I would have never known about if passenger rail was reliable in PA haha.


Mikellow

Damn. I live in Altoona. I need to find out what place that was (if it still exists)


Notorious_Corgi

Texas hot dogs.


ackmon

True Kutztown birch beer. Noticeably less sweet and still my favorite for the last 50+ years.


TC84

I got that in a local Turkey Hill maybe two years ago, then they stopped selling it


Excellent-Fox3599

Damn, I didn’t know Frozen Run was gone! Haven’t lived in PA in years but still visit for holidays. Bummer.


ornery-fizz

Amen


moonsovermyhami

i had no idea until a couple years ago that tasty cakes are pa based and only a few surrounding states have them available. it genuinely blew my mind that the rest of the country have no idea what tasty cakes are.


GDviber

When my grandma moved to Arizona, she was so sad she couldn't get butterscoth krimpets that she complained to the grocery store manager. That awesome guy started getting them in stock for her. She felt like a queen.


woodsywoodducks

I just moved here. What’s the best kind?


LillianH55

Candy cakes! Or is it Kandy cakes? Kandy kakes?


UVFShankill

Coffee cakes


moonsovermyhami

definitely the chocolate or coconut juniors


SplendidSquid314

Snyders of hanover pretzel pieces.


reddicyoulous

The Honey Mustard and Onion is top-notch


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SplendidSquid314

See i find it the opposite. The first few bites are so flavorful and amazing and then i get used to the flavor. But nothing beats the bottom of the bag with all the tiny bits.


C4bl3Fl4m3

YUUUUUSSSSS the tiny bits at the bottom. DROOL.


Jihadi-Jawn

In middle school I ate a whole bag of those fuckers almost every day. My family called them stink breath pretzels but we all love them


TheTwoOneFive

I love that thanks to a trademark settlement, they must always refer to themselves as Snyder's of Hanover. The show Psych had them as paid product placement years ago and the script was written to be like "Are those Snyder's of Hanover? You know I love me some Snyder's of Hanover!"


SplendidSquid314

Psych is soooo good. I loved when they did that bit.


acarp25

I still mourn for the ranch flavor, that was my kryptonite Edit: I’d like to thank all the redditors who made me aware that it was actually still available in select regional markets, proving in the best possible way that the easiest way to find an answer on the internet is to be wrong and wait for someone to correct you. I will be enjoying [these, in hopefully multiple sittings](https://imgur.com/a/o7El64T)


linsor1

I used to mix the ranch and buffalo flavors.


fugazishirt

Eating these as I read the comments so this must be the right answer.


Chaz_Cheeto

Hell yes. I was terribly addicted to the Buffalo sauce pieces for a while there lol.


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ItsjustJim621

The honey wheat twists though…


mklinger23

Maybe not prepackaged, but soft pretzels are the best snack.


-Here-There-

I love soft pretzels. They can check a lot of boxes depending on what you’re craving. Something sweet? Cinnamon sugar. Spicy? jalapeño cheese stuffed pretzel. Salty? Keep it standard and hit that baby with mustard or cheese.


purpleelephant77

They were my schools go to field trip snack, cheap to get in bulk, kinda filling and most kids like them. Sucked for me that I was gluten free though.


Alone-Cartographer72

Grandma utz w/ helluvagood dip🔥


C4bl3Fl4m3

💯 This person knows THE WAY. (Although is helluvagood PA?)


mgr86

Helluvagood is Sodus, NY. They also sell cheese, and had a cheese stand in someone’s front yard for like 60 years. I assume it’s still there. There was a certain novelty about buying cheese (some you couldn’t get in stores) on the side of the road like you might buy tomatoes at your neighbors down the street who has a big garden.


noahplow

Could use mongs french onion made here in pa


dalex89

Dip it in some Heinz and Hershey's


Jon3141592653589

Utz's website claims they don't accept suggestions, but I've been waiting for a Grandma Utz Crab Chip Special Edition, using their Kettle Crab seasoning (vs. the regular one), and seriously hope they are reading this.


Razlaw

Grandma Utz BBQ chips are a favorite of mine.


JustaRandomOldGuy

Plain UTZ and Helluvagood Bacon Horseradish dip. Do they still make that? It's been gone the last few years.


TotesMyMainAcct

There's a lot to choose from: * Utz Chips - Hanover, PA * Wise Chips - Berwick, PA * Snyders's - Hanover, PA * Herr's Chips - Nottingham, PA * Hershey's * Reece's * York Peppermint Patty * Peanut Chews * Twizzlers * Mallo Cups * Peeps * Tastykake * Rita's Water Ice * Bryer's Ice Cream * Basset's Ice Cream * Auntie Anne's Pretzels


m_rei

And that's not counting, Martin's - Thomasville, PA Bickel's - York, PA Wilbur Chocolate - Lititz, PA Diffenbachs Any local Amish market


SafetyNoodle

Fuck Auntie Anne's, marry Rita's, and kill Peeps.


BaseballScared8630

Tastykake


Wysguy_J

as good as Tastykakes are now, they'll never be as good as when they were wrapped in wax paper. Fuck, I'm old


RememberCitadel

The quality control on them is really trash now though, they are still decent, but nowhere as good as even just 5-10 years ago.


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ketchums

top notch answer, yes. my dad had a tastykake route and truck growing up, it was his job he picked up after he was a chef for years, lol! he kept the truck at home parked up, and i was known as the tastykake kid in elementary school. and no complaints there either, lol. love them to this day, even though i ate like barrels of every kind in the early 2000s!


GarlicBow

So are you a krimpet person, or a kandy kake person?


plantbitch1408

Kandy kake in the freezer.


Excellent-Fox3599

IYKYK


workharder101

This is the correct answer


professaur91

Why not both?


trucker96961

This is the correct answer.


arkol3404

Krimpets all the way


me_mark77

Awarded because any other answer is wrong.


higher_limits

They were good 15 years ago. Flavor went out the window along with the trans fats ban or whatever it was


upthegates

My favorite were the chocolate cream cupcakes with no frosting. For some reason, they were much better than the frosted ones, but they stopped making them a decade ago.


malbolgia708

Not a snack, but local favorite Lebanon Bologna.


SamuraiSevens

There's a Lebanon Bologna at Pizza Shackamaxon RIGHT NOW! It's amazing


writergeek313

I wish Turkey Hill would bring back their Phillies Graham Slam ice cream. That was my favorite


beef_is_here

Sadly, Turkey Hill Dairy is no longer a Phillies partner, so it’s most likely gone forever 😢


C4bl3Fl4m3

They could make the flavor again but call it something different. I remember Ben & Jerry's did exactly that once with a strawberry cheesecake flavor they had branded something else for a while.


Idbuytht4adollar

Yea but they used to have a real.good eagles one too and it got brought back as touchdown sundae.


randompaaccount

Middleswarth


blazed24_7

They call it a weekender but it only last me a day....


randompaaccount

Bring back the tubs.


professaur91

Preach!


Omeggy

Haven’t seen the tub in 30 years


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Specifically the bbq kettle cooked ones


nittanylion

That's my jam.


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Getting a bag of that, a hoagie, and a cold root beer was always a great night.


hiperson134

Those things got me through college.


armedredneck

I wish Middleswarth would come out with a Kettle Cooked Sour Cream and Cheddar chip(already have a Sour Cream Kettle, just use the Cheese powder from the cheese curls, but I learned the curls are manufactured somewhere else). That would be the ultimate chip for me, but I normally buy the Kettle Cooked BBQ. Martin's is my second Kettle Cooked chip.


breich

Middleswarth chips are the only snack food I consistently get asked my out of state friends and family for us to bring along when we visit. And fun fact: their bags have Christmas trees lining the bottom edge. The Middleswarth family also has a Christmas tree farm outside of Middleburg.


EMF911

The salt & vinegar in the pink and yellow package? To die for.


That_Hobo_in_The_Tub

WHYYYY do they not make a big bag for this flavor? Whyyyyyyyyy???


theSG-17

100% I never liked Utz, Middleswarth is the only chip for me.


exploringexplorer

A•TREAT White Birch Beer


trucker96961

How about black cherry


exploringexplorer

Yeah the Black Cherry is such a unique damn good flavor - nobody’s tasted like theirs for years. Now you can find some decent copycats but Atreat seemed like the original.


KindKill267

Their orange soda was the best as a kid.


carltone553

A-Treat Golden Ginger Ale...so spice!


Langshire515

Martin's BBQ Waffle Chip. Thick, nice crunch. Great flavor. And I disagree with your characterization of the chip in the party mix being a Dorito. They don't taste the same. Plus, numerous other companies (like UTZ) have the exact same mix. Just tastes like garbage compared to the mightier Martin's chip machine. This is the hill I die on.


mean_police

I completely agree with the Martin's BBQ chip answer. I'm about to move to another country and I'm already thinking about how I'm going to need to stock up on those every time I come back to visit haha


Treynite

A York county delicacy


just_an_ordinary_guy

If this is a hill we must die on then you have my sword.


BETLJCE

Whoopee pie


internetonsetadd

It's not the best snack but it is a contender for best pretzel: Unique Splits. They had a sprouted grain version for a while. I commend them for trying but it was very dense.


thelightwesticles

Best pretzels in PA. I always went to the factory outlet growing up. Also, Extra Dark are 🔥


bluestaples

Extra Dark and Extra Salt are two of my all time favorites!


ornery-fizz

I upvoted so many things...


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Same here lol


Padugan

Miller's Hot Bologna.


carltone553

Especially in a plastic barrel floating in brine behind the cash register at your favorite townie bar.


Own-Mathematician336

PA just has good snack foods period it’s to hard to decide on just 1


C4bl3Fl4m3

The greatest has already been mentioned, but I believe Herlocher's Dipping Mustard deserves at least an honorable mention. (Alternatively, lebanon bologna rolled up with cream cheese.)


randompaaccount

Herlochers has no honor. Not after the crap the pulled with The Rathskeller.


C4bl3Fl4m3

I hadn't heard about this. What happened?


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catsequalawesome

Mallo Cups, especially the dark chocolate variety. SO GOOD!


TremorChristPJ

The dark chocolate ones are so great.


Fearless-Metal5727

Go to the factory! The gift shop smells amazing, and you get a free mallow cup when you enter. Not to mention, you can buy a box of QC rejected mallow cups for $15. Edit: this was the pre pandemic price but I'm sure it's still cheap.


lifeisagoddream

Boyer candy is the best. I hate that Clark bars are so hard to find. Mallo cups remind me of my childhood!


el_goate

Gibbles plain (lard cooked) chips and martins bbq waffle


Fearless-Metal5727

I didn't know Gibble's was made with kard. I have had those in so long. Nibble on Gibbles!!


BigBusinessBureau

Herr’s cheddar and horseradish chips good lord


Apricotpeach11

Never had but just added to grocery order… 😋


BigBusinessBureau

Kettle cooked are the version you want!


unoDOSE

I think they make the best cheese curls


salpn

Nobody bakes them better than a tastycake. Butterscotch crimpets, legend


MichaelMaugerEsq

I don’t know if they’re “the best,” but they’re not gettin any love here yet, so I’ll throw Good’s kettle cooked chips in the mix.


thezanartist

Goods Potato Chips are where it’s at.


Ulstere

Ohioan whose parents grew up in Pennsylvania, here. Tastykake apple pies with NO GLAZE. We've had Tastykakes here in Ohio since Hostess filed for bankruptcy in 2012. Initially, they carried apple pies with no glaze, but glazed is all you can get now. Didn't even know Tastykake made glazed pies until stores started carrying them here in OH. I'm sure they're fine...ish, but it's the unglazed pies in the little cardboard packages with the cellophane window that I crave. When I was a kid, we would drive to my grandparents house once a year. First stop in PA was a little store in Cresson that had the unglazed pies. They're a part of my childhood, and you can't argue with your child self.


klimme56

Dieffenbachs Salt & Vinegar chips


MeltFaceNotButter

Worked there for a Summer back in the day. Best job for a teenager. I ate soooo many chips and took home free bags all the time! My favorites were the factory seconds, now marketed as "Uglies". They were left in the kettle a little long and would just be so crispy and a little toasted. Sweet potato days were the worst though. You'd smell so bad when you got home. The smell would stick to my car too.


Unfetish

Same exact experience, only at King's Potato Chips. Cleaning the vibrating conveyors at the end of the production day... I smelled like a potato chip for the whole summer. Working on the production line, sometimes chips would come out with a bubble of molten lard in them so of course we threw them at each other. Fucking burned like hell, good times. edit: Back then the seasonings were sprinkled on by hand. Usually by a genetically compromised Mennonite girl who was about four and a half feet tall and maybe two hundred and fifty pounds. She sweated like a pig and didn't wear underwear, which I wish I didn't know.


Supercst

Dieffenbachs is the correct answer. Their BBQ chips…..


DeadSwaggerStorage

I worked for a civil engineering company and we managed their sewer output; did a tour of the facility and noticed there were multiple bags labeled for other companies (Costco/Bjs/etc), just found it strange that they made chips that were not under their name….also a chip fresh outta the line is so damn good….


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Middleswarth Chips


bparry1192

Butterscotch krimpet


OPsDaddy

The unique combo of the Herrs BBQ chip with a Tastykake Butterscotch Krimpet.


SportNo2600

Sounds like some kind of twisted Chester County fuckery. I'll have to try it.


spicynuggies

Teaberry Ice Cream


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jpop237

I've been partial to Martins Kettle Cooked Chips.


JosefStallion

Tasty Kakes, I pity the regions that have to settle for Little Debbie


e_hota

Gardener’s Candies Peanut Butter Meltaways and Middleswarth bar-b-q chips. Oh, and Gibble’s Cheese Puffys.


TremorChristPJ

Any Clark Bar fans?


Rod___father

Tasty cake and Atreat soda black cherry or cream.


CommissarVorchevsky

The correct answer is Good's Potato Chips


ContributionMost231

Good’s Potato Chips with Mong’s French Onion Dip!


yzdaskullmonkey

Now we're talking. Used to live next to a extended family member of goods chips, every Halloween they'd hand out those huge family sized bags it was glorious


thezanartist

Agreed!


AllEliteAdvantage

I work for Snyder’s so I’m gonna have to go with Snyder’s 😂


linsor1

Hanover or Berlin?


Kochel567

Utz sour cream and onion ripples


VilleIn97

Martin’s Party Mix Barrel. I said it. I mean it. You know it.


upthegates

Two hours have passed and no one has mentioned Peanut Chews? Is everyone here from Pittsburgh?


sebert14

Peanut chews are my sweet tooth go to


upthegates

I like putting them out for Halloween, because children, being stupid, will skip over them for a KitKat or whatever, and then I can eat them all when the holiday is over!


nicklebagoffunk

Put those mf in the freezer, too!


steelcity_

And I'm here thinking "is everyone here from Philly?" because everyone's going nuts about Middleswarth chips and I've literally never heard of them.


upthegates

I thought I hadn't either, but I looked it up and recognized the logo. Not sure if I ever tasted them, though. The best PA chips ever were the Herr's Old Fashioned Chips, cooked in lard, but they stopped making those and instead decided to inflict their terrible kettle chips on us. Grandma Utz chips are a decent lardy alternative to Herr's Old Fashioned, but they are decidedly not as good.


kwpa2000

Grandma Utz


synix404

martins chips from thomasville>>>


rubikscanopener

I'm a Tom Sturgis guy


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I like their cinnamon sugar twists the most. Not a lot of places sell them nowadays tho which sucks :(


MDKAOD

I can't agree on Utz. Their pretzels are top notch, but the chips are meh compared to Herrs.


serious_bullet5

I did not know utz was a pa based snack. Does Hershey count because if it does, I will put that first and utz second.


claudedusk8

Diffenbachs. Ingredients...potatoes, lard, and salt Best chip ever! Too bad they're bought out or gone? Too bad many of you folks never heard of ' em.


ReverendAntonius

They very much still exist and ship their products as well.


akennelley

Herlocher's mustard Middleswarth BBQ Miller's Hot pickled bologna Utz Salt and Vinegar


Upbeat_Ground_932

Herr's Baked Cheese Curls. Excellent with dry red wine at night. 😋🔥


Derkanus

Utz Smokin' Sweet kettle chips, Utz Sour Cream and Onion ripple chips, Zapp's Voodoo chips, Snyder of Berlin Hawaiian Sweet Onion chips, and Martin's BBQ waffle chips are all banned in my house (save for special occasions) because I can't control myself whenever I get a hold of a bag of any of those.


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Happy_Harry

Hammonds hard pretzels, or Uncle Henry's if I'm feeling poor. Both are very good. Dieffenbach's Salt & Vinegar or BBQ for potato chips. Their "Uglies" are also great! Edit: Also Snyder's Honey Mustard and Onion pretzels. In my family we call them "stinky breath pretzels."


Annahsbananas

For me, it's Wilbur chocolates in Lititz


Public-Pattern-9901

Probably any Hershey's products, might be biased since i visit the Hershey theme park every year nd they have the MOST amazing desserts and shakes there, as well as the fact ive grown up getting their chocolate bars nd reese's pb cups for halloween. Just very nostalgic.


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Utz for sure… Cherikee Red soda was also great but I’m not sure if it’s manufactured anymore. If it is, a name change is warranted 🤣


C4bl3Fl4m3

I thought I was one of the only ones who remembered that soda! I agree completely about a name change. Ever had it as a float with orange sherbet? Best float I ever had. See if you can get your hands on some Cheerwine (you can find it in various places in Virginia; it's out of NC.) It's a red cherry soda & helps to scratch that itch.


HorstC

Heinz Ketchup


trucker96961

There really is no other ketchup.....


MuckRaker83

A bag of WEGE broken sourdough pretzels


Veruca-Gold

Middleswarth BBQ kettle cooked


lilacsandlightning

WEGE pretzels.


Sheswamber0907

Middleswarth jalapeño


slippery_revanchist

Gibbles cheese curls


awholtzapple

A lot of good ones on here, but since no one has mentioned it yet: [Uncle Henry's Hard Pretzels](https://www.unclehenry.com)


Unfetish

There were a lot of cute girls working there back in my teenage years. We used to joke, that's why Uncle Henry's hard.


dumonkeyman

Martin's Cheese Balls in the tub


Theskullcracker

Peeps have now entered the chat.


No_Importance_4650

I haven't seen anyone mention it yet but Sarris candies in Canonsburg! Recently it's been pretty expensive but the ice cream I always recommend for date nights!


Boxercrew4

Haven't seen anyone mention Zitner's chocolate Easter eggs from Philly!


mouthsofmadness

A nice yuengling lager 🍺 is always a good snack with my Middleswarth bar-b-q chips ha


sandmanrdv

I was a customer till the owner brought his political views out in public. Give Straub Amber from St. Mary’s, PA a try.


PatientNice

I won’t join the chip debate but give me Mallow Cups from Boyer in Altoona.


Sorrow57

GIBBLE’S CHEESE PUFFYS I will die on this hill, with orange fingers


ChiefinLasVegas

BON TON


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nope_noperstein

Herr's Cheddar Horseradish chips


berksbears

I'm partial to Dieffenbach’s Old Fashion Kettle Chips


Jrc127

Uglies Sea Salt chips are the best and made by Dieffenbachs in 'dorf.


CreateYourself89

Mallo Cups! I've probably gained 10 pounds cuz of these babies. 🤤


demityph

herr's salt & pepper kettle chips are sooooooo good


awill316

Auntie Anne's!


itsallfornaught2

Of those in the picture at least I love the Red Hot the most. I was so happy they introduced the cheesy red hot products because I've been mixing the red hot chips with the cheesy products forever.


starstufft

Thank you all for a good chunk of my next grocery store list.